At 11:00 a.m. on December 20, Beijing time, the NBA Suns traveled to the Trail Blazers, with Booker, Allen, Little, Durant, and Nurkic in their starting lineup, and the Trail Blazers' starting five Tigers were Simmons, Sharpe, Kamara, Grant, and Ayton.
At the beginning of the first quarter, Grant Peach Blossom fell and hit a 3-point shot from a distance, Nurkic easily put in 2 points under the basket, Durant scored 2 points on a pull-up jump shot, Booker scored another 2 points on a throw, and Little made two foul free throws to add 1 point, and the Suns led 7-3 at the beginning. Ayton scored 2 points on a back-to-back shot, Allen broke through to a layup and hit a 2-pointer, and the two sides chased and killed the heat, and the Suns led the Trail Blazers by 16 points at 36:20 at the end of the first quarter.
The fight continued in the second quarter, Sable hit a 3-pointer from the outside, Henderson strode to the inside hook and scored 2 points, and the Trail Blazers scored 5 points in a row to chase 25:36. Eubanks made a foul and made one of two free throws to add one point, and the two sides fell into offensive mode, and the Trail Blazers trailed the Suns by 12 points at 49:61.
Statistics of the two sides in the first half: Suns 21 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, Booker 17 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists, Nurkic 9 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, Allen 5 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals, Trail Blazers Henderson 9 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, Ayton 6 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist, Grant 7 points and 3 assists, Simmons 6 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists.
In the second half, the two sides fought again, and the two sides were still in full swing. The Suns Durant and Booker rotated to bomb and score, and the Trail Blazers Simmons, Grant, Henderson, Ayton and others successively scored offensive points to catch up. In the end, the fierce battle ended, and the Trail Blazers reversed the Suns 109-104!